Obama just launched single-payer in America

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118. The ACA destroyed the momentum for single payer in California.

Prior to the ACA, implementing single payer in California was twice approved by both houses of our state legislature before being rejected by Der Gropenfurher. After the passage of the ACA, State Senator Mark Leno, the author and firebrand behind the act (who, incidentally, was also the author of AB849...the first attempt to legalize gay marriage in any American state) was openly told NOT to attempt reintroduction again, because the state leadership was more focused on implementing Covered California (our state ACA exchange). Our own state party leadership, in spite of TWICE getting single payer approved in both of our state houses, decided that it didn't want a third push for single payer to "undermine" the states Obamacare rollout.

It's unfortunate that our states Democratic leaders don't have the same foresight as Vermont's.